Shelving.



G. HOLDEN.

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SHELVING.

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G. HOLDEN.

SHELVING.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 3, 1907.

Patented Mar. 9, 1909.

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nNrrEn STATES PATENT ornio. v

. GEORGE HOLDEN, or MERGHANTVILLE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR To MERRITT & COMPANY. Y

A. CORPORATION or PENNSYLVANIA.

snnLvING.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March .e, 1909.

Application at April 3, 1907. Serial No.38,184.

To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE HOLDEN, of

Merchantville, county of Camden, and State More particularly my invention relates to improvements 111 shelving of the general character described in Letters Patent No. 829,967, dated Sept. 4., 19.06.

A part of these im rovements relates to the construction of t e uprights and shelf supporting cross bars and their combination together, whereby a stronger structure is obtained and the use of fastening pins or similar devices is avoided.-

Anotherpart of these improvements relates to the construction of a back piece and its combination with the shelving structure. This back piece is composed of units which may be connected with facility to one another and to the rear uprights to form a back of any desired length, and may beprovided with adjustable means for aifording addi tional support to the shelf portions at the rear.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of metal shelving embody ng the improvements; Fig. 2 is a transverse section on the line A-A of Fig. l'on an enlarged scale; Fig. 3 is aside elevation of one of the cross bars; Fig. 4 is a perspective view illustrating the preferred construction of the cross barsand their connection with the u rights; Fig.

5 is a horizontal section on the ine BB of Fig. 4; Flg. 6 is a perspective viewof one of "the supporting posts-showing anupright fitted to it; Fi 7 is a. perspectiveview of.

art of the she ving showing a" modification in the form of the cross bars; Fig. 8 an enlarged front elevation of part of the back; Fig. 9 is a horizontal section on the line 3+6 of Fig. 8; and Fi .1 0 is avertical'section on the line D-D of% ig. 9- '1 The shelving 'con'sistsg 'primai'ily, of uprights a, cross'bars bsupportedby the rights and shelf pieces "ported by cross ars. The 11' rights, chare preferably tubular meta posts, are arranged in pairs and may be secured to the'floor in any I suitable manner as by the short posts a (Fig. 6).

The metal cross bars are formed with longitudinal slots oro enings i, to receive the ends of the shelf s sets and vertical partitions, andpreferably consist of two fiat bars placed on edge and separated sufficiently to form the slot or space 1', between them. When greater strength is required, the cross bars may be formed of angle irons b b, as in Fig. 7, and for long shelves, or where much weight is to be carried, the .opposite bars may be connected by cross bars 8.

The shelves 0 preferably consist of sheet metal having their ends flanged or bent down and inserted in the slots or openin s t, and the front and back edges of the sh ves may be strengthenedby angle irons n, over which the edges of the sheet metal are bent. Where partitions are required, they may be formed by sheets inserted vertically through the slots i.

So. far as it has been described the shelving is of the general character shown in'Letters Patent 829,967 before referred to. In -the construction shown in that atent, the 125- rights. are slotted longitudina ly and the en s of the bars are inserted in these slots and secured by transverse pins. To permit the cross bars and shelves to be ad usted the u rights are Iprovided with a series of prope y 'spacedlho es for'the fastening pins. In the present construction the cont nuous longitudinal slots or openings in the uprights and the fastening pins are omitted, and the u rights are provided with a series of proper spaced short .slots or openings 6. .of a widt sufiicient to receive the ends of thaloars, and said ends of the bars are provided with notchesg.. When the ends of the bars are inserted in the slotsthese notches g engage the lower edge of the metal of the uprig ts, and a sufliciently rigid connection is obtained without the use of the fastening pins or of the unsi htly slots extending thewiiole length oft e uprights. The uprights are; much stronger, continuous slot and the multiplicity of pin holes. To increase the rigidit bent cleats-1c may be attached to the ends 0 the cross bars forming jaws embracing the uprights.

Insome cases it is desirable to provide the shelving with a closed back. For this purpose I'employ specially formed pieces m of as they are not weakened ifby the I length of theshelves requires it.

edges with bayonet bends o 0, by which they .may be secured to the uprights channel strip 1) and screws (see sheet metal adapted to be attached to the rear uprights, and'to be connected together to form a longer backing sheet when the These sheets are provided on their vertical side as by the Fig. 9).

' 'When two sheets are to be connected together to form a long back piece, the bayonet ends 0 0 are fitted one over the other, formin on the inside a channel, in which is inserte and secured a metal strip 1". This metal strip 1' not, only strengthens the back sheet but aflords a means or the attachment of angular supports 15 for the shelf ortions. The a le irons n at the back of the s elf portion wil fit over and'rest u on these supports as shown in Fig. 10. T 's feature is of Importance where the shelves are of considerab e-length and intermediate support is desirable. The strips'r are preferably provided with a series of holes t spaced to corres end with the spacing of the supporting no'tc es (1 in the uprights so that t eshelf supportst may be attached at the roper osition without the necessity of dril n ho es at the time the shelving'is being erecte I prefer also to provide the-backing sheets m of uniform size so that the cutting and fitting of sheets will not be required. A backing sheet of the proper length may be obtained b uniting a series of units in the manner escribed. While I have spoken of these sheets m as backin pieces, 1t is apparent that they may be siml arly applied to the ends or front if desired. p

What I claim is as follows:

1. In metal shelving, the combination of pairs of vertical uprights each provided with a series of short longitudinal slots, cross-bars extending between each pair of uprights and havin notched portions at the under edges of their ends, said portions bein inserted in the slots of the upri hts with t eir notches engagin the edges 0 the metal at the slots,

a pair 0 cleats carried by said cross-bars at their ends and forming jaws extending outside of and embracing the uprights vat bothsides, andshelf pieces independent of said 7 cross-bars but sup orted thereby.

lving, the combination of- 2. In metal she pairs of vertical u rights-each provided with I each pair of uprights and having notched portions at the under edges of their ends said portions bein inserted in the slots of the upri hts with t eir notches engaging the edges 0 the metal at the slots, and shelf pieces provided at their ends with downturned flanges inserted in the slots of the cross-bars.

3. Metal shelvin consisting of uprights, cross bars carried by said uprights, and a shelf piece carried by said cross bar, in combination with a back-piece composed of a series of uniform units or sections of sheet metal connected together and to the rear uprights, and means for strengthening the sections of the back attheir meeting portions. f

4. Metal shelvin consisting of uprights, cross bars carried by said uprights, and a shelf piece carried by said cross bars, in combination with a sectional back-piece formed of sheet metal secured to the rear uprights and having a vertical metal'strengthening strip at the meeting portions of the sections.

5. Metal shelving consisting of uprights, cross bars carried by said uprights and a shelf piece carried by said cross bars, in combination with a back-piece formed of sheet metal secured to the rear uprights and having a vertical metal strengthening strip, and a shelf supporting piece carried by said strip1 and adapted to support the shelf piece at t e backj 6. The back-piece for shelving composed of a series of s eet metal units, a vertical metal strip, means for uniting the adjacent edges of successive units to one another and to said strip, said strip being rovided with a series of spaced holes, a s elf supporting piece, and means for attaching said shelf supportin piece to said vertical strip at any of said ho es.

Intestimony of which invention, I have hereunto set my hand.

. GEO. HOLDEN. Witnesses: I

ROBERT O. FORSYTH, DANIEL F. MALONEY. 

